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polemically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
polem-i-cal-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a polemical manner.

Etymology

From polemical + -ly. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -al + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more polemically (comparative) most polemically (superlative)

Synonyms

controversially

Questions

What does polemically mean?
In a polemical manner.
Where does polemically come from?
From polemical + -ly. By surface analysis, polem- + -ic + -al + -ly.

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